:''Note: The numbers in parentheses represent each player's total goals or assists to that point of the entire playoffs.''
Game one scored two goals and three points in game one. The Lightning took the lead early in the first period. With Tampa Bay defenseman
Erik Cernak joining the rush with
Ondrej Palat, Palat passed to an open Cernak who fired a wrist shot past
Carey Price resulting in a 1–0 lead for Tampa Bay. In the second period, the Lightning grabbed a 2–0 lead when
Blake Coleman's shot through traffic deflected off of
Yanni Gourde and into the net. The Canadiens then halved the Lightning's lead as their offensive-zone coverage swept Tampa Bay's end setting up
Ben Chiarot for a one-timer and Montreal's first goal of the game. The Lightning regained their two-goal lead in the third period when
Nikita Kucherov's shot across the net got swatted by Chiarot and into his own net. After
Brayden Point won a faceoff, the puck was picked up by Kucherov who fired a wrist shot past Price to gain a 4–1 lead. Towards the end of the third period and with frustrations boiling over for Montreal,
Joel Edmundson took a roughing penalty with 2:40 left in the period. On the ensuing power-play, Kucherov passed to captain
Steven Stamkos whose shot got past Price for a 5–1 lead, sealing the victory for the Lightning. The goal ended Montreal's penalty-killing streak at 32.
Game two 's goal helped to secure Tampa Bay's win in game two. In game two, the Canadiens poured off more shots than in the first game. The first period saw Montreal make thirteen shots compared to Tampa Bay's six. However, neither team was able to score in the opening frame. In the second period, Montreal had more than double the shots of Tampa Bay, yet the Lightning ended up with two goals in contrast to the Canadiens' one. The first Lightning goal came from
Anthony Cirelli, whose point shot pinballed in off of
Carey Price's blocker and into the net. After Lightning defenceman
Mikhail Sergachev committed an interference penalty on
Artturi Lehkonen, Montreal tied the score on a power-play when
Nick Suzuki floated a backhand shot through traffic and under
Andrei Vasilevskiy's pads. With 1.1 seconds left in the second period, Tampa Bay forward
Barclay Goodrow got past
Ben Chiarot forcing a two-on-one with
Blake Coleman. Goodrow passed it to Coleman who shot it past Price for the buzzer-beater. In the third period, Montreal continued to pressure the Lightning and Vasilevskiy, however, after a dump-in by Tampa Bay ended up in the Canadiens' zone, an errant pass off the boards by
Joel Edmundson gave the puck away to
Ondrej Palat, scoring the goal that made it 3–1. At the end of the game, both
Corey Perry and Cirelli each received misconducts after an altercation.
Game three scored two goals, including the game-winning goal, in game three. In the first four minutes of the first period, the Lightning grabbed a 2–0 lead. The first goal came from a point shot through traffic by
Jan Rutta. After
Eric Staal shot the puck over the glass causing a power-play for Tampa Bay,
Victor Hedman scored the second goal when his point shot bounced off of
Carey Price and into the net. The Canadiens were able to score a goal within their seventeen shots as a two-on-one with captain
Shea Weber and
Phillip Danault allowed the latter's wrist shot to rip off both posts and past
Andrei Vasilevskiy. In the second period, the Lightning followed the same momentum from the first period with another two goals in the first four minutes. When an errant change by Montreal created an opening for
Ondrej Palat and
Nikita Kucherov, Kucherov fired the puck past Price. At 3:33, the Lightning began another two-on-one rush during which
Mathieu Joseph's shot rebounded to
Tyler Johnson who scored to give Tampa Bay a 4–1 lead. However, just like the first period, Montreal scored which brought their deficit to two.
Nick Suzuki, who drove down the right side of Tampa Bay's defensive zone, shot the puck under Vasilevskiy's pads. In the third period, the Lightning mainly held a defensive strategy. In the final five minutes, the Lightning gained a three-goal lead again when defenceman
Erik Gustafsson gave the puck away to Johnson and he scored his second goal of the game. The Canadiens quickly rebounded after pulling their goalie and
Corey Perry scored top-shelf over Vasilevskiy. However, with the empty net, the Lightning took advantage as
Blake Coleman backhanded the puck into the net and the game ended 6–3.
Game four , shown with Lake Erie, scored twice in game four, including the overtime-winning goal. In the first period, the Canadiens scored first, taking their first lead in the series, as
Nick Suzuki made a pretty passing play to
Josh Anderson who fired it past
Andrei Vasilevskiy. The Lightning were able to continue pressuring the Canadiens into the second period. This pressure led to a backhand pass by
Ryan McDonagh to
Barclay Goodrow as he fired the puck into an open net. In the third period,
Alexander Romanov fired a wrist shot from the blue line, scoring to make it 2–1 for Montreal. The Lightning tied it five minutes later when
Mathieu Joseph sprung a two-on-one with
Patrick Maroon and the latter scored, ending his goal-scoring drought. With the game tied 2–2 after the third period, both teams headed to overtime. In overtime, the Canadiens killed a double-minor penalty caused by
Shea Weber and less than a minute later, Anderson put the puck past Vasilevskiy, preventing the first four-game sweep in the Final since , and winning the game 3–2.
Game five recorded his fifth-straight shutout in a series-clinching game in game five. Tampa Bay dominated during the first period of game five, recording thirteen shots on target to the Canadiens' four, but neither team scored. The second period had the opposite trend, with the Canadiens getting ten shots compared to the Lightning's six shots. Nevertheless, it was Tampa Bay who scored the opening goal, when
Ryan McDonagh set up a
David Savard shot that was tipped in by
Ross Colton. It would prove to be the only goal of the contest. Tampa Bay held onto their one-goal lead throughout the third period, with
Andrei Vasilevskiy recording a shutout. The 1–0 victory won the series for Tampa Bay and their second consecutive Stanley Cup. Vasilevskiy was awarded the
Conn Smythe Trophy as
most valuable player during the playoffs. With their victory, the Lightning became the first team since the
1983 New York Islanders to win the Stanley Cup without winning an overtime game during the playoffs.
Patrick Maroon won the Stanley Cup in three consecutive seasons, a feat which hadn't occurred since multiple members of the
1983 New York Islanders accomplished it. Maroon was the first player since
Ed Litzenberger in
1963 to win the Stanley Cup in three consecutive years with two different teams. ==Team rosters==